A clean ideal

An ambitious UN project to achieve a zero emissions industrial utopia takes off

Lifegiving venture

A farce on forests

The key interests of both proponents and opponents of the forest convention is control of the timber market. The convention is driven by …

A jungle out there!

Controversy dogged the issue of a forest convention at the meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development

Post-Rio progress

Is there a worldwide trend of sustained growth towards sustainable development?

Stockholm and Rio: Bigger, but was it better?

Stockholm wasn't as big as Rio, but I think it had a soul. I expect Rio's soul was there too, somewhere

Sustainability and the southern perspective

European environmentalists tackle Third World concerns of irresponsible overconsumption by northern countries

Blueprints for change

Consuming to sustain?

At UNCED, the North tried using the facile argument that their larger consumption actually provided trade and jobs for the poorer South. But …

Sustainability and the southern perspective

European environmentalists tackle Third World concerns of irresponsible overconsumption by northern countries

CSD must become a forum for debate

New Zealand's minister for the environment Simon Upton is the chairperson of the seventh session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (…

Tears, no funds, for the poor

The chapter on poverty was adopted, but the US voiced its objections loud and clear

Sustaining boredom

Cities of joy

Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans …

Aid cuts will defeat objectives of Agenda 21

WITH HUGE reductions in aid already under way and further cuts to follow soon, transfer of resources remains the most contentious issue in …

City with a new concept

C: Green planet

Will the world move towards a more fair and environmentally just future?

Postponed

Issues concerning the earth's future took a backseat as unseemly politics ruled the day at the just concluded Earth Summit II SUPRIYA AKERKAR …

B: High drama

The forest convention was the most controversial issue at the Summit. However, the G-77, a strident opposer, failed to act as a united force